Author: Bikefast
Thieves bored with Belfast Bikes now stealing three Gliders a week
The future of Belfast’s new rapid transit system is in doubt after eight Gliders were found in the Lagan last night. It’s understood that almost a …
Montgomery Road cycleway
The redevelopment of the Robinson Centre in East Belfast is an open goal for the Department for Infrastructure to create a high quality cycling route. This …
Taxis in bus lanes plan scrapped
The Department for Infrastructure has scrapped the planned year long experiment to allow 4,500 private taxis into Belfast bus lanes. Hundreds of objections to the policy …
Hello relief road, goodbye active travel safety?
A knee jerk response to car driver anger looks set to put Belfast pedestrians and cyclists in direct danger this week. Belfast Harbour and the Department …
Help out with Shop by bike Belfast 2018 survey
Can you spare a few minutes while doing your grocery shopping to help out with an important cycling study? In 2015 NI Greenways / Bikefast surveyed …
Transport Dept admits defeat in battle to solve Belfast congestion, turns to Mad Titan Thanos
Belfast’s chronic congestion intensified this week with the roll-out of 12 hour bus lanes to support the new Glider bus rapid transit system. Sources last night …
Ciclovia Belfast stuck in the slow lane
As we enter the eighth month of the year, Ciclovia Belfast 2018 has no confirmed date. Bikefast’s Jonathan Hobbs thinks it’s time to reset the event …
Taxis in bus lanes public consultation to be ignored?
Department declines to answer if stopping the ‘proposed experiment’ from going ahead is an option in current consultation In a worrying development for devolved government and …
Belfast Waterside to give car-addicted Belfast one more fix
A £400m development in Belfast includes plans to significantly widen a street to as many as SEVEN lanes, in a move which will serve to accommodate …
Minister’s shocking U-turn on taxis in bus lanes was redacted by Transport Department
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) concealed key sections of a document which show former Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard went into a pivotal meeting on taxis access …